theorywatch

Marlene Manoff, associate director and collections manager at Hayden Humanities Library at the MIT Libraries, might be considered the “materiality girl” of digital collection theorizing, as her recent work explores theories on the influence of form (or format) on the content and communication of digital objects inside and outside collections of various types. Her articles include:

“Hybridity, Mutability, Multiplicity: Theorizing Electronic Library Collections.”
Library Trends – Volume 48, Number 4, Spring 2000, pp. 857-876

“Theories of the Archive from Across the Disciplines.”
portal: Libraries and the Academy – Volume 4, Number 1, January 2004, pp. 9-25

The Materiality of Digital Collections: Theoretical and Historical Perspectives.”
portal: Libraries and the Academy – Volume 6, Number 3, July 2006, pp. 311-325

Nice library she’s got there too!